The Watergate Scandal

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  • Richard Nixon is Elected President.

    Richard Nixon is Elected President.
    Nixon won the Presidential election over Hubert Humphrey of Massachusets.

  • Watergate Break-In

    Watergate Break-In
    Five people arrested for breaking into the Watergate Hotel and Office Complex. They broke into the Democratic campaign headquarters and had ties to the White House.

  • Cover-Up

    Nixion used the CIA to try to stop the FBI's investigation into the break and cover-up the break in.

  • Prosecution

    The burglars were given jail terms and an investigatan began into the break-in.

  • John Dean

    John Dean
    John Dean testified that Nixon was involved and offerd clemency to those who would takethe blame.

  • Gap in the Tapes

    Two of the recording tapes had an eighteen minute gap in their recordings.

  • Saturday Night Massacre

    Saturday Night Massacre
    The Saturday Night Massacre was when President Nixon went and fired many White House workers to try and cover-up the Watergate scandal.

  • Transcripts

    Nixon gave up most of the writen transcripts.

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    The Supreme Court ruled that all the recording tapes must be handed over by the White House.

  • Nixon Resigns

    Nixon Resigns
    Nixon resigned as President of the United States causing Gerald Ford to become the President due to the 25th Amendment.